A United Airlines 767-300 carrying 238 passengers
lost power in both engines on a flight from Maui
to Los Angeles last Sunday, but the pilots were
able to restart the engines and land the big jet
safely on the island of Hawaii, an airline
spokesman confirmed yesterday.

Seattle P-I

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), March 10, 2001

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Interesting article, spider. Second story I've seen lately of both engines losing power. A very rare event.

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), March 10, 2001.

From Avweb:

"Safety officials are still investigating the cause of the incident, but they may want to consider the aircraft's registration: N666UA...."

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), March 12, 2001.

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United 767 Loses Power in Both Engines near Hawaii

5 March 2001; United Air Lines 767; near Kona, HI: For at least the sixth time since entering service, a 767 lost power in both engines. Fortunately, in this case the crew restarted the engines and had an uneventful landing. According to the FAA and various media reports, United Flight 42 took off from Kahului on the Hawaiian island on Maui on a flight to Los Angeles. The aircraft a dual-engine shutdown about 70 miles (112 km) into the flight. Reportedly, one engine was shut down due to an overheating problem and the second engine lost power shortly afterwards. The crew was able to restart both engines and divert the aircraft to the Kona, HI airport. The NTSB is investigating this incident The aircraft, registration number N666UA, has since been returned to service.

Other 767 aircraft have experienced dual engine shutdowns on at least five otheroccasionss:

23 July 1983; Air Canada 767; near Gimli, Manitoba: The aircraft ran out of fuel after the crew miscalculated the weight of fuel onboard. The aircraft made an emergency landing on an abandoned airfield. There were no serious injuries. 19 August 1983; United Air Lines 767-200; near Denver, CO: Fuel contamination led to a dual-engine shutdown at about 41,000 feet. The crew restarted the engines at about 15,000 feet. 31 March 1986; United Air Lines 767-200; San Francisco, CA: The engines were inadvertently deactivated the engines during climb at about 3,000 feet. The crew was able to restart the engines and returned to the departure airport. 30 June 1987; Delta Air Lines 767-200; Los Angeles, CA: The engines were inadvertently shut off during climb at about 2,000 feet. The crew was able to restart the engines at about 500 feet and continued to their original destination of Cincinnati. 23 November 1996; Ethiopian Airlines 767-200ER; near Moroni, Comoros Islands: The aircraft was on a flight from Ethiopia to Kenya when it was hijacked. The hijackers refused to allow the aircraft to refuel, leading to a dual engine shutdown due to fuel exhaustion. Ten of the 12 crew members and 117 of the 160 passengers were killed during a subsequent ditching. The three hijackers apparently died.

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Odd that there's no mention of the one I gave the accident report for a few days ago....

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), March 13, 2001.